ow my... thats superb sweet armor and a superb detailed paint job... looks stunning!!! maybe some black wash or mist to dirty it up a little.

I thought I would do the black wash after I applied the decal. That way it would look more like it weathered evenly.

Jul 31, 2005

shortimer52

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

Thats coming out very nice!!!

Jul 31, 2005

superjedi

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

Cool knees! Does the kneeplate have tabs or something to attach the side pieces?
Anyone assemble vacc'd knees before? I'm wondering how sturdy they'll be once they're put together.

Jul 31, 2005

Pavespawn

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

No tabs. Just a really good tutorial by Fettpride. I think once they are done, they will be super strong and best of all, flexable.

Jul 31, 2005

Gator Fett

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

Fantastic choice of armor, and a great paint job to top it off. :thumbsup

Aug 1, 2005

HDPE STORMY

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

Very nice and a great paint job too. Love the details.

I hope that one day i will be a proud owner of Fettpride armor as well.

cheers

Aug 1, 2005

Christo Fett

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

Very, very nice! The details look right on! and the colors.....

........SWEET!

Aug 1, 2005

FrankFett

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

I need to get a set of these!

Frank :fettesb

Aug 4, 2005

FrankFett

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

One more question, is this a fiberglass set or a vacced set?

Frank :fettesb

Aug 4, 2005

Jango Wes

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

Where do you get the med green? Is it for airbrush or is it spray paint?

Wes

Aug 4, 2005

TeamFett

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

Med green is for airbrushing. Check out testors.com for some.

TF

Aug 4, 2005

Jango Wes

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

I've never airbrushed before, but it says you have to mix it 3 parts paint to 1 part thinner. You don't just put it in the airbrush and go? Can anyone elaborate on that?

Wes

Aug 4, 2005

batninja

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

I'm no expert, but I've never had a problem air-brushing acrylic paints straight from the bottle. Since they're water-based, you can water to them to thin the paint, if necessary.

Not sure about using oil-based enamels through an air-brush, though...

Aug 4, 2005

xaoslord

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

Have you ever tried using spray paint without shaking the can up first? It comes out very uneven. That's because the paint is not a uniform thickness. If you are using the paint in an airbrush without thinning it, you can get much the same result as using spray paint without shaking it up. As batninja stated, you can usually use water to thin acrylic paints, and it will work just fine in an airbrush. The thinner just lets the mixture stay a uniform thickness longer, and will not start to separate as fast. If you're painting alot of one color, you may want to consider using the thinners.

Aug 5, 2005

Pavespawn

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

My armor is fiberglass except for the knees and the kidney strap. I got the US medium green from testors (it is Polly actually). I do thin the paint just a bit. You can use distilled water or you can use Acryl Thinner from Model Master. It actually says on the Polly bottles that you need to thin it 10%-15% for airbrushing. I will admit I don't use a very scientific method for thinning. I just squirt some thinner in there until it looks like the consistancy of milk. I have a cheap Walmart bought Testors Aztek internal mix airbrush that I use with compressed air cans. The testors bottles mate up perfectly with the airbrush caps (same brand and all). I just open the bottle of paint, put in some thinner, mix it up with a little metal rod, screw it on the airbrush and go to town!

Aug 5, 2005

Pavespawn

Re: FP Armor... painting techniques for the clandestine hunter

I also went to the hobby shop in town and got a high flow nozzle for my airbrush. This puts out a lot more paint in a wider pattern and makes covering the large pieces a lot easier.